Study Proves That Men Are Threatened By Intelligent Women

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Because it’s scientifically proven that men are shallow.

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A new study shows that while men like the idea of dating intelligent women they are threatened by the reality of it.

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Any man will tell you that they are attracted to intelligent women but, it turns, out that they are probably lying.A study by the University of Buffalo, California Lutheran University and the University of Texas, Austin tested out whether men can really deal with being less smart than their girlfriend and found out that they couldn’t.

In the first part of the study, published in the November edition of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 105men were asked to read a hypothetical situation and state whether they found women desirable and they voted in favor of women who outscored them in math or English tests.

But when the same men were told they would actually meet the woman in real life, participants started to back away from the more intelligent women, insisting that they found them less attractive.

The authors of the study are quoted by the Independentsuggesting that ‘feelings of diminished masculinity accounted for men’s decreased attraction toward women who outperformed them.’

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A study published by the European Journal of Operational Research earlier in the year tracked 1000 couples and found that relationships had a better chance of survival if the women is more intelligent than the man. They also found that the man should be five or more years older than his wife.